Work & commute · Everglades

Work & commute in Everglades, FL

Most working residents leave Everglades for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Bonita Springs (6%), Marco Island (4%) and Naples (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

19 of 126 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 107 Everglades residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Everglades.

107live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Everglades goes to work

Everglades (in town)right here

15%19

Bonita Springs42.2 mi away

6%7

Marco Island20.4 mi away

4%5

Naples32.5 mi away

4%5

Fort Myers59.3 mi away

3%4

Cape Coral66.2 mi away

3%4

Winter Park189.3 mi away

2%2

Deerfield Beach84.3 mi away

2%2

Fort Lauderdale79.4 mi away

2%2

Boca Raton87.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%74

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Everglades commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

23%

25%

48%

23%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Everglades is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Everglades are

169 jobs are based in Everglades. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Everglades’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Everglades

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Everglades residents hold

126 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−15%

Jobs based in Everglades, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 169. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.